AFAIK Emy Godfrey took a self defense course in college, and that inspired her to focus on the history of that subject academically. She's currently prepping a companion history of women's self defense in the Victorian and Edwardian periods; she's also interviewed in the upcoming Bartitsu documentary.

It's too bad the publishers want so much for Emy Godfrey's book. As much as I love this stuff there's no way I can justify shelling out 80 dollars for a 200-page book. I know it's specialist subject matter but even so surely it doesn't cost that much to print stuff.

It's too bad the publishers want so much for Emy Godfrey's book. As much as I love this stuff there's no way I can justify shelling out 80 dollars for a 200-page book. I know it's specialist subject matter but even so surely it doesn't cost that much to print stuff.

IMS, the target customer is University Libraries and academic dollars.